Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou will shake hands in their historic meeting scheduled in Singapore on Saturday, head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said Wednesday.
Senior official Yu Zhengsheng on Wednesday called on entrepreneurs from both the mainland and Taiwan to contribute to advancing cross-Strait relations and opposing "Taiwan independence."
The upcoming meeting between Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou later this week will be crucial to high-level political exchanges across the Taiwan Strait and will steer future cross-Strait relations.
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday (Nov 7), the first meeting between the top leaders of the two sides since 1949.
The Taiwan affairs chief of the Chinese mainland said here Wednesday that the scheduled meeting between Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou is a "milestone" for cross-Strait relations, breaking through in direct exchange and communication between the two leaders.
Taiwan commemorated the 70th anniversary of the recovery of sovereignty from Japanese occupation with solemn ceremonies, festive gatherings and sentimental memory-sharing of past heroes.
President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on people of the mainland and Taiwan to unite to safeguard peace, as he met with a Taiwanese political delegation to attend events for the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Lien Chan, former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's ruling party, will attend celebration events in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the victory of the war of China's resistance against Japan.
Chinese mainland and Taiwan negotiators signed two agreements concerning cross-Strait flight safety and taxation cooperation on Tuesday.
Offices and schools across northern Taiwan, including Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan and Keelung, will be closed Friday in anticipation of the heavy rain and strong winds brought by Typhoon Chan-Hom.
The first shipment of medical supplies to treat the victims of the Taiwan water park blaze left Beijing by air Tuesday.
The number of people injured in an explosion and fire in a recreational water park in Taiwan has been revised down to 498, the local health department said Sunday.
The Chinese mainland will remove entry permit requirements for Taiwan residents, as top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng vowed to boost exchanges across the Taiwan Strait on Sunday.
Taiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday called for maintaining the achievements in relations across the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou said on Thursday the current status of cross-Strait relations could not have been achieved without the 1992 Consensus.
Eric Chu, chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party, on Wednesday called on people in the island to jointly promote sustained development of cross-Strait relations.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, called for both sides of the Taiwan Strait to build a community of shared destiny and settle political differences through equal consultations.
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